Nils Janson

K&M Advisors LLC
Managing Director (Policy and Regulation)

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Mr. Janson, a Managing Director at K&M Advisors, is an economist and financial expert with 30 years of experience advising development partners (including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)), governments, utilities, and private investors on strategies for developing, financing, regulating, and operating energy infrastructure. He has contributed to raising over US$1 billion in financing for infrastructure projects in emerging markets. 

Mr. Janson has led teams contracted by the IDB and the World Bank to support national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean in assessing potential geothermal projects. In the Caribbean, he has advised the IDB, CDB, electric utilities, and national governments on the development of geothermal resources in Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 

A recognized thought-leader on the economics and finances of energy in Latin America and the Caribbean, Mr. Janson has co-authored more than 10 papers published by the IDB. These publications include Unlocking Geothermal Power: How the Eastern Caribbean Could Become a Geothermal Powerhouse (2017) and Potential for Energy Storage in Combination with Renewable Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean (2014). 

Mr. Janson has a graduate degree in International Finance and an undergraduate degree in International Economic Theory and Policy, both from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Born and raised in Panama, Mr. Janson is a native Spanish and English speaker.